My Privacy Policy
My privacy policy is relatively straight forward. Whenever I collect
personal information about clients, it is for the purpose of
carrying out work for the client. I never sell or rent personal
information belonging to others and I do not release it to others
except where it is needed to carry out work for the client. I
do not gather personal information about clients unless it is
reasonably required for work on behalf of a client. Here are
some examples:
- Our firm retains records of the work we have done because it is good business
practise to do so and the Law Society of Saskatchewan requires it.
- I would need to give a client's personal information to others within my
firm so that we can carry out work on behalf of a client.
- I will need personal information from a client to carry out their work.
However, I will not ask for information unless I am satisfied that I need it.
For example, I would not ask you for your social insurance number or drivers'
licence number unless I need to verify who you are or as part
of your work. Keep in mind that I might need a copy of your passport,
for example, if I am preparing documents to help you be married
abroad or help someone immigrate to Canada. In other words, I
won't ask for personal information unless it is reasonably related
to the work I need to do for a client.
- Personal Information about clients is not released to others without the
client's consent except where it is necessary as part of our work. For example,
if I invest trust money on your behalf to earn interest because it will be
held for a long period of time, the bank typically cannot invest
it unless I give them your social insurance number. This is because
Canadian tax law requires them to have it. If I am helping you
puchase real estate, I cannot register the title in your name
unless I give your mailing address to Land Registry. If I am
preparing a court document for you to sign, it must be filed
at court and the general rule is that court documents (except
perhaps in some family law matters) are publicly accessible documents.
These are only a few examples of how I must give a client's personal
information to others in order to carry out work on a client's
behalf. If it is not part of carrying out the work, I do not
release it. For example, if someone called and asked for a client's
address or birth date but it was not a part of carrying out work
for the client, I would advise them that we cannot identify clients
and we cannot give out their personal information without their
consent.
- Whenever our firm destroys paper products,
CD's or data disks, they are deposited into a locked bin kept
in our office specially for that purpose. From there, they are
shredded. We have a contract with a very reputable firm specializing
in that type of work to ensure that the paper is kept secure
and immediately shredded. We are given a certificate attesting
to the proper destruction to ensure confidentiality.
I don't have any spyware or malware on my website. Here's a
link to McAfee Site Advisor (the anti-virus company) that shows they have tested my
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Please contact me if I can be of any assistance to you.
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